Dakota Homecoming
We are so honored that
you are here, they said.
We know that this is
your homeland, they said.
The admission price
is five dollars, they said.
Here is your button
for the event, they said.
It means so much to us that
you are here, they said.
We want to write
an apology letter, they said.
Tell us what to say.
Copyright Credit: Gwen Nell Westerman, "Dakota Homecoming" from New Poets of Native Nations. Copyright © 2018 by Gwen Nell Westerman. Reprinted by permission of Gwen Nell Westerman.